Chapter 777 — Chapter 777
241 sections in this chapter.
ORS 777.220 Port may collect certain fees from port users. A port may collect from vessels using any port facility, wharfage, dockage and drydockage; and collect from owners or consignees of goods passing over the docks and warehouses, wharfage and storage charges for goods so handled. [1971 c.728 §24 (enacted in lieu of 777.130)]
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ORS 777.225 [1963 c.209 §5; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.230 Port may generate electric power; sale of power limited to utilities and federal agency; use of natural gas as fuel for generating facilities. (1) A port may
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(a) Design, erect, complete, operate and maintain all necessary hydroelectric, steam-generating, electric, oil, gasoline or other power-producing plants or systems, for the purpose of generating electrical current for lighting and power purposes. (b) Acquire rights of way for the…
ORS 777.240 Port may advertise and promote facilities, commerce and activities. A port may advertise and promote facilities and commerce of the port, activities of the port and activities of others using port facilities, through public and trade media, exhibits, fairs, trade fairs and trade tours, either alone or in cooperation with others or through associations or organizations having similar interests. [1971 c.728 §26 (enacted in lieu of 777.130); 2017 c.85 §1]
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ORS 777.250 Port powers with respect to development and use of its lands; industrial or research and development parks; sports, recreation, convention, trade show facilities. (1) A port may construct buildings or other improvements and acquire personal properties including but not limited to machinery and equipment considered necessary whether or not now in existence or under construction, suitable for use by any industry for the manufacturing, refining, processing or assembling of any agricultural, mining or other products or by any commercial enterprise in storing, warehousing, distributing or selling or servicing any products of agriculture, mining or industry or by any profit or nonprofit enterprise for research and development. The port has full power to lease and sell the buildings, improvements and personal property, together with the lands upon which they are situated, whether held by the port in its governmental capacity or not
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(2) In addition, a port may: (a) Acquire and develop land, or develop land already owned, as the site for an industrial or research and development park, including as a part of such development provisions for water, sewage, drainage, roads, transportation, power, communication or…
ORS 777.255 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.258 General powers of port in promotion of certain interests. A port may, in general, do such other acts and things, not mentioned by ORS 777.195 to 777.258, as tend to promote the maritime shipping, aviation and commercial interests of the port. [1971 c.728 §28 (enacted in lieu of 777.130)]
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ORS 777.260 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.262 Port dredging activities; legislative findings and purpose. (1) The Legislative Assembly finds
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(a) That recent changes in federal law authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers to require ports and other local communities to provide a portion of the costs of dredging harbors and channels near those communities; (b) That port districts and communities in this state…
ORS 777.265 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.267 Marine Navigation Improvement Fund. (1) The Marine Navigation Improvement Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Marine Navigation Improvement Fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund and interest earnings on the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority for the purposes of
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(a) Paying a portion of the construction costs of dredging activities that constitute new federally authorized navigation improvement projects and are carried out in the harbors and channels on the Oregon coast and along the Columbia River when federal law or regulation requires …
ORS 777.270 [Amended by 1959 c.602 §6; repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.271 Authority of rural ports to operate telecommunications facilities; exceptions. (1) A rural port may construct, purchase, acquire, develop, finance, lease, license, handle, provide, add to, contract for, interconnect, alter, improve, repair, operate and maintain any telecommunications facilities within or without the port’s limits for the port’s own use
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(2) This section does not authorize a rural port to provide telecommunications services to end users. (3) A rural port may not exercise powers of eminent domain to acquire telecommunications infrastructure or facilities or contractual rights to telecommunications infrastructure o…
ORS 777.272 [1959 c.602 §8; repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.273 Authority of ports to operate pipelines; exceptions. (1) A port may own, acquire, construct, operate, improve and maintain pipelines and related facilities for the transportation of products and materials that promote the maritime shipping, aviation and commercial interests of the port
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(2) A port may enter into connection and other agreements with entities owning or operating pipelines and related facilities as may assist the port with regard to its authority described in this section. (3) A port may acquire by purchase, gift or the exercise of the power of emi…
ORS 777.275 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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(Columbia River Channel Deepening Project)
ORS 777.277 Definitions for ORS 777.277 to 777.287. As used in ORS 777.277 to 777.287
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(1) “Channel Deepening Account” means the account in the Marine Navigation Improvement Fund created by ORS 777.282. (2) “Channel Deepening Debt Service Account” means the account in the Marine Navigation Improvement Fund created by ORS 777.282. (3) “Channel deepening project” mea…
ORS 777.279 [1997 c.644 §2; 2001 c.942 §8; repealed by 2003 c.741 §17]
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ORS 777.280 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.282 Channel Deepening Account; Channel Deepening Debt Service Account; payments to primary sponsor. (1) The Channel Deepening Account is hereby created in the Marine Navigation Improvement Fund
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(2) Any earnings and interest earned on amounts in the Channel Deepening Account shall be credited to the Channel Deepening Account. The moneys in the Channel Deepening Account are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for the Oregon Infrastructu…
ORS 777.284 Grant agreement with primary sponsor; request for issuance of lottery bonds. (1) The Director of the Oregon Business Development Department shall enter into, or modify, a grant agreement with the primary sponsor committing the Oregon Business Development Department to request that the State Treasurer issue lottery bonds as provided in ORS 285B.551 (3) and section 6, chapter 942, Oregon Laws 2001, to obtain lottery bond proceeds for deposit in the Channel Deepening Account for payment of the Oregon nonfederal share
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(2) The total amount paid to the primary sponsor pursuant to the grant agreement may not exceed the lesser of the amount of the Oregon nonfederal share or the total amount deposited in the Channel Deepening Account. The grant agreement: (a) Shall specify a method for determining …
ORS 777.285 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.287 Agreements with federal agencies. The Oregon sponsors are each hereby authorized to enter into agreements with agencies of the United States for the channel deepening project and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may each agree to be bound by any requirement imposed by an Act of the United States Congress as a condition of federal participation in the channel deepening project. [1997 c.644 §5]
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Note: See note under 777.277.
ORS 777.289 [1997 c.644 §6; 2001 c.942 §11; repealed by 2003 c.741 §17]
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ORS 777.290 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.295 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.300 [1963 c.268 §2; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.303 [1963 c.268 §3; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.305 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.307 [1963 c.268 §4; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.310 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.313 [1963 c.268 §5; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.315 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.317 [1963 c.268 §6; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.320 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.323 [1963 c.268 §7; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.325 [Amended by 1959 c.602 §9; repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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(Annexation)
ORS 777.326 Special procedure for annexations increasing by one-half or more the area or assessed value of taxable property within the port. (1) This section applies when an annexation would increase the area of a port by one-half or more, or would increase the assessed value of taxable property within a port by one-half or more. An annexation proposal subject to this section, if approved by the county board, shall be submitted to the electors at an election which shall be held at the same time as a primary election or general election
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(2) When the county board orders an election on the annexation proposal, the board shall adopt an order dividing or redividing the area of the port, including the territory annexed, into five subdistricts. The boundaries of the subdistricts shall be determined in accordance with …
ORS 777.327 [1959 c.602 §11; repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.328 [1963 c.268 §8; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.330 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.333 [1963 c.268 §9; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203 and by 1971 c.728 §138]
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ORS 777.335 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.337 [1963 c.268 §10; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.340 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.343 [1963 c.268 §11; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 777.345 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.347 Consent of Department of State Lands for state lands. The Department of State Lands is authorized to consent to annexation with respect to any land owned by the State of Oregon, under the jurisdiction of the department, which is located in the territory proposed to be annexed. [1963 c.268 §12; 1971 c.727 §189]
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ORS 777.350 [Repealed by 1963 c.268 §21]
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ORS 777.353 Annexation of enclave. When territory not part of another port or wholly belonging to the state or federal government is surrounded by the boundaries of a port, the board of the surrounding port may, by resolution, annex the territory to the port with or without the consent of any resident or owner of property within the territory and without submitting the proposed annexation to the electors for approval. [1963 c.268 §13; 1971 c.728 §52]
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